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    Rhodon (French pronunciation: [ʁɔdɔ̃]) is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department in central France. Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department "Répertoire...
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    masses with a rose-red color (its name comes from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon) 'rose'), often tending to brown due to surface oxidation. The rose-red...
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    by his mother, with much treasure, into India, by way of Ethiopia. There Rhodon, another tutor like Theodorus, persuaded him to go back, on the ground that...
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    Latin rosa, borrowed through Oscan from colonial Greek in southern Italy: rhodon (Aeolic form: wrodon), from Aramaic wurrdā, from Assyrian wurtinnu, from...
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  • the Apostle John was "killed by the Jews". He studied in Alexandria under Rhodon, and was teaching in Side about 405. Later he was a priest in Constantinople...
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    named by Linnaeus from the Greek word ῥοδόδενδρον, itself derived from rhodon, "rose", and dendron, "tree". Greek words are often converted to a Latinized...
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    some coins from Rhodes featured a rose, since the Greek word for rose is rhodon. The use of inscriptions on coins also began, usually the name of the issuing...
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    the area as a judge. The genus name Rhodostethia is from Ancient Greek rhodon, "rose", and stethos, "breast". The specific rosea is Latin for "rose-coloured"...
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    Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. The name is derived from the Greek "rhodon" for "rose-like", in common with other pink mineral types (such as rhodochrosite...
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    Savigny-sur-Orge Left bank: Ru du Pommeret Ruisseau de la Goutte d'Or Rhodon Mérantaise Right bank: Ru des Vaux de Cernay Rouillon de Valence Ru d'Écosse-Bouton...
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